After having Azeri student Nakhichevan protest about the Harvard exhibit on the destruction of Armenian monuments in Nakhichevan, the U.S. Ambassador, according to an Azerbaijani newspaper (the most credible source in the world), said, “Nakchivan is the territory of Azerbaijan and we will say it all over the world.”

I don’t know where the uninformed nationalists got the idea that cultural protection has to do nothing but territorial claims, but I guess I can make a wild guess why Harvard became “Hayward” in the most credible Azerbaijani newspaper. “Hay” means “Armenian” in Armenian so since there is an exhibit about Armenian monuments (that never existed in the first place) in Harvard it must be Armenianward, whatever “ward” means for Azeri nationalists.

Report from the greatest newspaper in all of tolerant kingdom of Azerbaijan:

Visiting Historical Monuments, I Understood that Nakchivan is   Azerbaijan’s Heart: US Ambassador Visiting Historical Monuments, I Understood that Nakchivan is Azerbaijan’s Heart: US Ambassador
07.11.07 22:17

Azerbaijan, Baku /corr. Trend E.Mammadov / Visiting historical monuments of Nakchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan, I understood that Nakchivan is the heart of Azerbaijan, said the US Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Anne E. Derse, who is on visit to Nakchivan, on 7 November.According to her, the visits of the US representatives to Nakchivan will actively take place. “Nakchivan is the territory of Azerbaijan and we will say it all over the world,” Derse said.On 1 November an exhibition ‘Armenian monuments in Nakchivan’ took place at Hayward University. The Press Secretary of Azerbaijan Foreign Ministry, Khazar Ibrahim, said that such events adversely affect the negotiations process. National Academy of Sciences of Nakchivan officially stated that there are not Armenian monuments amongst the historical and cultural monuments in Nakchivan.

Visiting historical monuments, huh, Mrs. Ambassador? What about visiting a military camp where an ancient cemetery of thousands of dead existed less than two years ago? Oh, that would be too political.